Elle Fanning

The younger sister -- by four years -- of actress Dakota Fanning (The Cat in the Hat, War of the Worlds), angel-faced Elle Fanning broke into show business as a child star about three years after her ascendant sibling. Born in 1998, Elle started out as an actress with traditionally child-oriented roles in family-friendly material; she provided a voice for the American version of Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro, then appeared in such pictures as the 2003 Daddy Day Care (as one of Eddie Murphy's young charges) and the 2005 Because of Winn-Dixie before making the broad leap to adult-oriented content. Subsequent projects included Babel (2006) and The Nines (2007). Fanning first received premier billing in not a feature but a short -- Brent Hanley's Day 73 with Sarah (2007) -- as a little girl who teams up with the ghost of her dead father to liberate her beleaguered mom from an abusive relationship. She played the young Daisy in the Oscar nominated The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in 2008. And two years later earned strong reviews as the daughter of a spoiled, emotionally stunted actor in Sofia Coppola's Somwhere. In 2011 she earned the best reviews of her career in Super 8, and appeared in the hit family film We Bought a Zoo. In 2012 she appeared in Francis Coppola's unique horror film Twixt.

QUOTES FROM Elle Fanning CHARACTERS

Hey, I'm pretty excited as I gained five pounds. It's not much but at least it's a start.

Emma Learner

Can you hear music if you're in heaven?

Princess Aurora

No! Don't touch me! It's you... you're the evilest!

Princess Aurora

No! Don't touch me! It's you...you're the evil that's in the world!

Princess Aurora

They said something about an evil faerie... but I cannot remember her name.

Maleficent

Maleficent.

Princess Aurora

Is it true? Are you Maleficent?

Princess Aurora

I remember you! Pretty bird!

Princess Aurora

I remember you! Pretty bird!

Princess Aurora

All the other fairies fly. Why don't you?

Maleficent

I had wings once. They were strong. But they were stolen from me.

Princess Aurora

Is it true that you're Maleficent?

Princess Aurora

I know who you are. You've been watching over me, my whole life. Your shadow, it's been following me, ever since I was small.

Princess Aurora

Don't be afraid!

Maleficent

I am not afraid.

Princess Aurora

Then come out.

Maleficent

Then you'll be afraid.

Ginger

I loved you Rosa. Don't you see? But we are different, you dream of everlasting love. Not me. Because what really matters is to live. And if we do, there will be nothing to forgive. But I'll forgive you anyway.

Ginger

When we were born, for some it was the end. Now it seems there may not be tomorrow. But despite the horror and the sorrow, I love our world. I want us all to live.